After eliminating Bangladesh, the Indian cricket team is now going to face New Zealand. The first test will start in Bengaluru from Wednesday. There will be an eye on many big records during the series. Kuldeep Yadav is also just 6 victims away from 300 wickets.
By Arvind Dubey
Publish Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 12:04:40 PM (IST)
Updated Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 02:57:38 PM (IST)
HighLights
- Test series will start from October 16
- Virat Kohli can touch the record of 9000 runs
- Kumble’s record on Ravichandran Ashwin’s mark
Sports Desk, Indore (India vs New Zealand). The first match of the three-Test series between India and New Zealand is starting from Wednesday, October 16 in Bengaluru. In this test match, all eyes will be on Virat Kohli.
Virat Kohli is just 53 runs short of 9000 runs in Test matches. Fans hope that Virat Kohli will achieve this feat in the first test itself. Those who scored 9000 runs in test cricket Virat Will be India’s fourth batsman.
Before him, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar had done this feat. Sachin Tendulkar tops the list with 15,921 test runs. Rahul Dravid has scored 13,265 runs, while Sunil Gavaskar has scored 10,122 runs.
Kumble’s record on the target of Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin has now equaled Anil Kumble in terms of taking 10 wickets and 5 wickets the maximum number of times in Test matches. Both players have taken five wickets 37 times, while in terms of taking 10 wickets, they are tied 8-8 times. It is expected that Ashwin Series against New Zealand I will overtake Kumble.
Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (67 times) tops the list of people who have taken 5 wickets most times in the world. By taking five more wickets, Ashwin will reach second place in the list. The record of taking 10 wickets most times is in the name of Richard Hadlee and Rangana Herath. Ashwin is at number three in this list.
Kuldeep Yadav eyes 300th victim
Kuldeep Yadav is just six wickets away from reaching 300 international wickets. So far he has taken 172 wickets in ODIs, 53 in Tests and 69 wickets in T20. Kuldeep will become the 13th Indian bowler to achieve this feat.
Both the teams for the test series are as follows –
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep. .
New Zealand: Tom Latham (captain), Tom Blundell (wk), Michael Bracewell (1st Test only), Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Ajaz Patel, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ben Sears, Ish Sodhi (2nd and 3rd Test only), Tim Southee, Kane Williamson, Will Young